Panamenista Party

The Panamenista Party is a conservative political party in Panama that was founded in 1932 by Harmodio Arias. The party's forerunner was known as the National Revolutionary Party, which had grown out of the nationalist movement thad had supported a 1930 coup against the pro-United States government in the country. The party held strongly nationalistic views and opposed Manuel Noriega's presidency, and it rivalled the Democratic Revolutionary Party of Panama for power. In 2017, it held 15/71 National Assembly seats.